Vanilla Sky

Pros: Interesting idea for a movie, but the end result is such a hash.
Cons: No depth, no suspense.

Adapted from Amenabar's Abre Los Ojos, this film received a great deal of publicity from the studios, and I'll admit that I was interested in seeing this one. Now that I have sat down and actually watched all of it, I'm going to be honest here,...

Pros: Nice looking, good performances
Cons: David Aames is cold and unappealing

If you've seen "Vanilla Sky" and think it's similar to last summer's acclaimed film, "The Others," there's a reason. The source material of both films is Alejandro Amenabar, who co-wrote and directed the 1997 film "Abre Los Ojos (Open Your Eyes)," and...

Pros: Oodles of entertainment value.
Cons: Practically underlines its twist ending a few blocks away.

Despite its shortcomings, Vanilla Sky emerges as a worthwhile entertainment, the risky type almost guaranteed to turn off the masses and win over only a few. Essentially, it functions as another one of those morality plays where a materialistic ...

Pros: I tried but I honestly can't think of a single one.
Cons: The entire movie was just awful...read on!

My husband and I have come to the point in our lives where we seldom go to the movies together. It is so rare that we both want to see the same movie and pay $8.50 each to see it. I can't believe we almost paid to see Vanilla Sky in theaters.
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Pros: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz and Cameron Diaz all did a fine job acting.
Cons: An attempt at misdirection mixing elements of dream reality, alternate reality, and past life regression.

I beg your indulgence. And I ask all Jerry Maguire fans to congratulate me for such a clever review title.


First: I am crashing Di (SurgRN911) and SusiDee's (Susidee34) write-off...

Pros: Masterful storytelling, great acting and superb cinematography
Cons: Evidently too complicated for some

I have just witnessed a masterpiece. What astounds me is that some professional critics and many individuals that I had talked to could not stand this film. They said it was boring. I kept wondering as I watched the movie, "Are those people in the...

Pros: haunting, gorgeous, swell performances
Cons: doesn't really have its impact until completion.

THE FOLLOWING REVIEW CONTAINS NO SPOILERS

Make no doubt about, Vanilla Sky is about as strange, psychedelic, and as cool as any movie can be. It's a movie you need to sit down with and just absorb, the final result is quite...

Pros: A fascinating storyline, with a great cast and solid direction with much visual flair
Cons: Penelope Cruz is a bit annoying after awhile, all those metaphysics hurt after awhile

Director Cameron Crowe's latest film VANILA SKY is one of those movies that makes you ponder your own existence and place in the world, and although the metaphysics and reality-bending story may make your brain hurt, it makes for one fascinating and...

Pros: You'll never figure it out...This thing will tweak, bend and fry your mind!
Cons: Some could get lost trying to keep up with this one...

I honestly enjoyed this one! I must admit that it will not appeal to some people but to me it did. Vanilla Sky had some of the characteristics of The Sixth Sense, the Matrix and the Twilight Zone! After you watch it the first time I recommend watching it...

Pros: Cameron Crowe concocts cock-sure kookiness
Cons: If I never seen Cameron Diaz in another movie, I'll die a happy man

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with jigsaw puzzles. Once the thousand interlocking pieces were scattered on the table in front of me, each piece painstakingly turned right-side-up, I had a simple system: gather all the straight-edged pieces and do the...

Pros: Wonderful technical filmmaking, a fun premise, some very strong acting
Cons: Not much of an advance beyond the original; perhaps a bit egotistical?

For the most part, we use the term "cover" in an entertainment sense to refer to when one artistic takes another artist's work and gives it their own spin, makes it their own. There are many levels on which a cover can work. Jimi Hendrix, for example,...

Pros: The original story, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee
Cons: Cruise and Cruz control would have been helpful, not as cool as the original.

Given my known antipathy for Tom Cruise, it is going to be hard to write an objective review here, and I know it. Now you know it too. Nevertheless, this movie is one of those that I had been warned by reading a billion reviews in the “Just In “ section...

Pros: Cameron Diaz is extremely impressive.
Cons: Penelope Cruz is extremely awful.

A remake of 1997’s Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), Vanilla Sky tells the tale of a spoiled rich guy named David Aames. With his cocksure attitude, massive bank account and a crooked grin, David shmoozes his way through life, acting...

Pros: Great story and acting, unique scenes.
Cons: Not for kids.

I finally saw this movie after reading many different opinions on it. I was too curious and my fiancé had heard positive things about it from friends, so we decided to go. It’s kind of nice seeing a movie after it has been in the theater awhile,...

Pros: An intriguing story and some dynamite dialog.
Cons: Wretchedly miscast in the most crucial roles.

I'm in a state of nervous exhaustion, trying to ready my new kabuki musical spectacular for the stage. Every time I turn around, there's more need to rehearse, a new publicity campaign which needs attention, or the costume and set designers are at each...